- Phil Heath's perfect score?
- Assessing the top Olympia competitors & how they did
- Where Phil Heath should have placed
- Phil Heath's horrible Instagram video from the day after the Olympia
- Cedric McMillan's missed opportunity plus much more!

Hear it all on this episode of NO BULL Weekly with Christian Duque.

]]>IronMag LabsPrincehttp://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/162489-No-Bull-Weekly-Episode-14-Olympia-EditionDEA looking to add four new steroids to Schedule IIIhttp://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/162486-DEA-looking-to-add-four-new-steroids-to-Schedule-III?goto=newpost
Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:51:20 GMT*DEA looking to add four new steroids to Schedule III*
The Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2014 gave the United States Attorney General...DEA looking to add four new steroids to Schedule III

The Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2014 gave the United States Attorney General the power to temporarily (and permanently) add new anabolic steroids to Schedule III, thereby making them controlled substances. This power hasn’t been used, ever, since it was codified into law. In fact, as near as I can tell, it’s never even been discussed at the Attorney General level.

But last month, on August 2nd and 3rd, the Department of Defense held a conference on nutrition and dietary supplements, where the DEA revealed that they were currently in the process of modifying regs, first by initiating temporary scheduling, then by initiating the process to formally control.

]]>IronMag LabsPrincehttp://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/162296-No-Bull-Weekly-Episode-13-2017-Olympia-PredictionsFDA Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Developing List of Pre-DSHEA Dietary Ingredientshttp://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/162295-FDA-Hold-Public-Meeting-to-Discuss-Developing-List-of-Pre-DSHEA-Dietary-Ingredients?goto=newpost
Wed, 13 Sep 2017 18:36:37 GMT*FDA to Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Developing a List of Pre-DSHEA Dietary Ingredients*
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
The U.S. Food and Drug...FDA to Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Developing a List of Pre-DSHEA Dietary Ingredients
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a public meeting to discuss its efforts to develop a list of dietary ingredients that pre-date the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994. The public meeting will be held on October 3 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition’s Wiley Auditorium in College Park, Maryland.

The FDA states the meeting will give interested stakeholders an opportunity to discuss what evidence is necessary to show that an ingredient was marketed before October 15, 1994, making a new dietary ingredient (NDI) notification unnecessary. The public meeting also will focus on what process should be used to develop the list.

The meeting is related to a revised draft guidance from August 2016 titled “Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues.” By way of background, DSHEA requires dietary supplement manufacturers to notify the FDA in advance when they intend to add a new dietary ingredient to their products, except when the ingredient has been part of the food supply and has not been chemically altered for use in supplements. The notifications must identify the new dietary ingredient and provide evidence of its safety.

The draft guidance made clear that “in the food supply” means the ingredient must have been on the market as a dietary supplement before October 15, 1994 and not “in the food supply” as an ingredient of conventional foods. If dietary supplement manufacturers have not been filing NDI notifications on the theory that their ingredient was a component of conventional food before October 15, 1994, the draft guidance rejected their premise. As a result, many notifications may have to be filed.

Also, according to the draft guidance, if there is a change to the manufacturing process of an ingredient that was marketed as a dietary supplement before Oct. 15, 1994, and the change “alter[s] the physicochemical structure or properties, purity and impurities, or biological properties (such as bioavailability or toxicity) of the ingredient,” an NDI notification is required.

The draft guidance also established requirements – among them specific business record documentation – to prove that an ingredient was marketed as a dietary supplement in the U.S. before Oct. 15, 1994, and therefore is not an NDI. According to the draft guidance:

Documentation to show that a dietary ingredient is not an NDI should consist of written business records, promotional materials, or press reports with a contemporaneous date prior to Oct. 15, 1994. Examples include sales records, manufacturing records, commercial invoices, magazine advertisements, mail order catalogues, or sales brochures. Documentation should include adequate information to establish that marketing took place in the U.S., the identity (e.g., chemical or botanical name) and form (e.g., ground herb, water extract, oil) of the marketed ingredient, and whether the ingredient was marketed as a dietary ingredient or for some other purpose.

The draft guidance expressly states that affidavits alone, i.e., unaccompanied by such records, are insufficient to show that an ingredient is not an NDI.

The 102-page draft guidance addressed many other questions about when an NDI may be marketed, such as in relation to the timing of its testing or approval, if any, as a drug. The guidance also contained detailed instructions on the contents of an NDI notification when one is required and of the evidence of safety that will be required depending on the evidence of historical use and proposed use of the ingredient.

]]>IronMag LabsPrincehttp://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/162112-R-I-P-Rich-Piana-Goodbye-to-a-Friend-No-Bull-Weekly-Ep-10FDA to Tackle Pre-DSHEA Ingredients List at October Meetinghttp://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/162061-FDA-to-Tackle-Pre-DSHEA-Ingredients-List-at-October-Meeting?goto=newpost
Tue, 22 Aug 2017 05:08:58 GMT*FDA to Tackle Pre-DSHEA Ingredients List at October Meeting*
FDA is moving forward with a plan to develop an authoritative list of old dietary...FDA to Tackle Pre-DSHEA Ingredients List at October Meeting

FDA is moving forward with a plan to develop an authoritative list of old dietary ingredients not subject to a safety-related notification requirement in the principal law governing supplements.

The public health agency plans to hold an all-day public meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 3 in College Park, Maryland, home to FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), including the Office of Dietary Supplement Programs (ODSP).

The tentatively planned meeting is expected to focus on the development of a list of ingredients exempt from a notification requirement in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA).

In revised draft NDI (new dietary ingredient) guidance published in August 2016, FDA revealed it was prepared to develop an authoritative list of pre-DSHEA ingredients, but industry would need to provide the marketing records to document ingredients that were marketed before Oct. 15, 1994 because the agency generally does not have access to such records.

“We think the meeting is critical to the efforts to develop an authoritative list," Steven Tave, director of ODSP, told INSIDER in an interview this week.

In comments submitted to FDA, the agency received a generally favorable response concerning its willingness to develop an authoritative list, Tave said. However, he noted commentators weighed in with a range of opinions on how to develop such a list.

“What’s the process?" Tave asked, alluding to one of the issues in which the supplement industry has expressed interest. “What’s the standard? What are the mechanics?"

Rather than act unilaterally, FDA is seeking to engage various stakeholders, such as public health advocates and industry trade associations, to obtain their perspectives on such issues, Tave suggested.

He expressed hope the meeting could help the various stakeholders find common ground, enabling ODSP to establish a path forward.

Additional details of the meeting are expected to be laid out in a Federal Register notice later this month and on the FDA public meetings website.

FDA officials cautioned the scheduled meeting is subject to change, and nothing is official until it’s published in the Federal Register. However, Tave said the agency wanted to announce the tentatively planned meeting as soon as possible to give stakeholders sufficient notice, so they could mark it on their calendars and participate.

FDA intends to allow individuals who cannot physically attend the meeting to participate and listen via webcast. FDA also plans to open a docket, allowing individuals to submit written comments concerning the meeting.

Issues to be Covered

During the all-day event, FDA plans on covering at least two main subjects. The first is the standard of evidence governing a pre-DSHEA ingredient.

“What is the standard of evidence that needs to be cleared in order for an ingredient to be included on this list that … we’d like to develop?" Tave asked.

The question above, he observed, raises different issues, such as the types of materials FDA can rely on in developing the list and how broadly or narrowly an ingredient should be defined.

Tave said he anticipated one panel would weigh in on the standards issue, while a separate panel would discuss a second topic: the process for creating the list.

“Is it something we do on our own?" Tave asked. “Is it something that we do with the assistance of outside parties? If so, who should those parties be? How do ingredients get nominated? What gets evaluated?"

He referenced many individuals in the industry “who believe they have information that would establish that an ingredient belongs on the list, or establishes that the ingredient was on the market pre-DSHEA, but they’re concerned about sharing their proprietary information.

“They want to make sure that they’re protected when they do that," he said.

Tave further observed some ingredients groups, such as the probiotics category perhaps, may face unique considerations, and FDA plans to afford such groups an opportunity to weigh in.

“FDA is taking a useful step in receiving public comments and ideas on development of a pre-DSHEA ingredient list," said Israelsen, president of the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), in a statement.

"There are important process and technical questions that require vetting, and a public meeting is the preferred way to open a discussion forum to do so," he added. "UNPA will actively participate in this meeting and encourages all interested parties to do the same.”
]]>IronMag LabsPrincehttp://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/162061-FDA-to-Tackle-Pre-DSHEA-Ingredients-List-at-October-MeetingWorld and European champion powerlifter Andrey Drachev was killed in a street fighthttp://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/162059-World-and-European-champion-powerlifter-Andrey-Drachev-was-killed-in-a-street-fight?goto=newpost
Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:22:55 GMT*World and European champion powerlifter Andrey Drachev was killed in a street fight - Russia*
World champion in powerlifting Andrey Drachev...World and European champion powerlifter Andrey Drachev was killed in a street fight - Russia

World champion in powerlifting Andrey Drachev beaten to death in Khabarovsk

The world and European champion in weightlifting in the category up to 120 kilograms Andrey Drachev, killed in Khabarovsk. It is reported AmurMedia.

According to media reports, the athlete succumbed to the provocation of a drunken bully in one of the cafes, and then there was a group of young people who brutally beat Drachev. The ambulance took the victim to the hospital, where he died in the intensive care unit.

This information was confirmed in his Facebook the chief editor of the program “Vesti-Khabarovsk”, presenter of “Vesti-sport” Artem Basnin. The police have refused to comment on the incident.

The United Nations is trying to figure out how to categorize cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive and medically beneficial cannabinoid contained in cannabis. And UN officials, through the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are asking for your help.

The FDA declared that 'CBD has been shown to be beneficial.' Now the agency needs your comments to back it up.

FDA officials put out a call for comments in this morning’s Federal Register, seeking information about CBD and how the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) should designate it under the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances. In doing so, the FDA acknowledged the ‘beneficial’ effects CBD has shown in patients with neurological disorders.

All those who have information on, or experience with, the use of CBD as a healing substance are encouraged to comment at this federal website. Sept. 13 is the deadline for public comment, and no input will be considered after that date.

CBD is one of 17 substances currently under scheduling review by the WHO. This process affects only the WHO and the United Nations. It does not directly deal with the status of CBD under the federal Controlled Substances Act—but it could have an indirect effect by influencing the outcome of the conflict over the federal categorization of cannabidiol.

CBD vs. THC: Why Is CBD Not Psychoactive?

FDA Deputy Commissioner Anna K. Abram, who sent out the notice this morning, acknowledged that “CBD has been shown to be beneficial in experimental models of several neurological disorders, including those of seizure and epilepsy.”

That puts the FDA at odds with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which late last year attempted to declare CBD a Schedule I substance. Schedule I drugs, by definition, have “no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.”

The other drugs under consideration by the UN include six types of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, five synthetic cannabinoid agonists (of the K2 and Spice type), and the psychoactive muscle relaxant ketamine.

Ketamine: An Anti-Depressant?

The UN has struggled with ketamine for years, having previously reviewed its status in 2006, 2012, and 2014. In 2015, a UN agency decided to postpone a proposal to place ketamine in Schedule IV.
Ketamine is currently not scheduled under international controls.

As the UN reconsiders ketamine one more time, the drug’s usefulness as an anti-depressant is receiving major mainstream coverage. Last week Time magazine ran a cover story on ketamine that heralded its potential as a breakthrough drug:

“The biggest development has been the rediscovery of a promising, yet fraught, drug called ketamine. It’s best known as a psychedelic club drug that makes people hallucinate, but it may also have the ability to ease depression—and fast. In a race to shape the next generation of anti-depressants, Johnson & Johnson and Allergan are fast-tracking new medicines inspired by ketamine.”

The FDA will prepare an evaluation of the drugs under consideration for the United Nations, but federal officials will not make any recommendations to the UN regarding whether the drugs should be subject to international controls.

For further information, contact James Hunter at the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Controlled Substance Staff in Maryland. He’s at 301-796-3156, and can also be reached at james.hunter@fda.hhs.gov.

If you’d like to give your comments to the FDA, you can do so by CLICKING HERE. Clicking will take you to the Regulations.gov web site for this particular issue. Then click on the blue “Comment Now!” button on the upper right of the Regulations.gov page.

Source:https://www.leafly.com/news/politics...nts-input-asap
]]>IronMag LabsPrincehttp://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/162044-FDA-Declares-CBD-Beneficial-Wants-Your-Input-ASAPStop Your Cravings With These Tipshttp://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/162041-Stop-Your-Cravings-With-These-Tips?goto=newpost
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 18:31:18 GMT*Stop Your Cravings With These Tips*
by Jennifer Joslin
The easiest way for me to summarize this is to understand this simple phrase: “Eat to...Stop Your Cravings With These Tipsby Jennifer Joslin

The easiest way for me to summarize this is to understand this simple phrase: “Eat to Live. Don’t Live to Eat.”

Sounds pretty basic right? Or what does it even mean? Well, you have to start having a positive relationship with food and you need to control the way you utilize your food. This is a simple concept to some, but maybe a little harder to others. Food is used as a fuel source for you. You should not demonize food, but you should be aware of the foods you eat. I am not trying to have you look at food in a negative manner either. Trust me, I love food. I eat food that I need to eat in order to have a healthy mind and body. I use the food necessary to obtain the goals that I have set for myself.

I’ve done it all, whether it be starving myself to get the desired body I believed I wanted. To eating when I was depressed or stressing. Honestly, it is easy to have a bad relationship with food. Sometimes, we create this unhealthy relationship with food without even realizing we are doing it. There are two things you need to realize a food addiction can come in both forms 1. An access of food which leads to obesity. 2. A deficit of food which leads to eating disorders such as anorexia. Neither is better or worse than the other. However, creating a healthy lifestyle is essential and it will allow you to enjoy the foods you enjoy without over indulging or cutting foods you love from your diet. Let’s get the mind right. A healthy mind about food will allow the body and the actions you take towards food to follow. This will lead you towards a desirable outcome and help you achieve your goals.

Substitute whole fruit for sweet-cravings:

Did you know that a good majority of the time your body may be craving sugar because it is dehydrated? It is true. Also, it is important to stabilize your blood sugar levels. By eating small, wholesome meals throughout the day, you can stabilize your blood sugar levels which also help reduce cravings of sugar. Avoiding processed foods will also allow the body to kick the habit and cravings of sugar. Try to satisfy your cravings with fruit (My go-to: A handful of mixed berries. You can consume a decent amount of berries to satisfy the sweet-cravings and they are relatively low in calories.)

Set boundaries with unsafe food:

This tip is kind of in the eye of the beholder. Everyone has different boundary levels and, well, “different strokes for different folks”. With this, you need to be aware of your problem foods and find a method that can allow you to safely remove or at least reduce the amount you consume these foods. Depending on how well you can handle the boundary that you set, this can work very well. For instance, I have found that either having ONE cheat meal a week will allow me to stay strict throughout the week and indulge a little on my cheat day. This is more of a way of keeping me motivated throughout the week so that I can eat my meal and feel accomplished without sabotaging my hard work that I’ve made all week. Some people may not be able to do just the one cheat meal. Okay, that is fine, everyone is different. For you, I recommend IIFYM. Basically, the majority of the food you eat all day is healthy and wholesome (lean meats, veggies, complex carbs, healthy fats). The difference is that you can also throw in a few cheats here and there AS LONG AS IT FITS YOUR MACROS. This will allow a little flexibility in your diet and allow you to keep a healthy relationship with your foods.

Follow a structured meal plan:

This is basically up to you. I have found many plans that work well for me. The method that I have found to be the most beneficial is setting a specified amount of fats, proteins, and carbs (along with a calorie goal) and follow that by tracking my food consumption every day. Eating “clean” doesn’t have to be stressful. You just have to be aware of the foods you are consuming. Furthermore, this will keep you from overeating or choosing “fast” food. You will start to develop habits of preparing your own food and home prepared meals are more nutritious and calorie dense. (Calorie dense means you can only eat so much before you end up feeling full. The good thing about this is that the amount of calories consumed is a lot lower than fast food options.

Learn healthy coping strategies:

Some people use food as a way of coping with the stress in their lives. This causes individuals to over-eat or create a bad relationship with food. This is when individuals end up demonizing food or over-indulging in food. The best thing to do to deal with stress is to find healthy habits (walking, reading, meditating, writing, drawing, working out) you name it… the list will go on. The good thing about working out is that it causes your body to release endorphins (the feel good hormone). This will ZAP that bad mood and help boost a good mood.

Seek professional advice:

I’ll be honest, I am not a professional. I am not an individual that can say you need this or you don’t need that. I will say, if you really cannot kick your bad habit then maybe there is a thyroid issue or other deeply rooted issues that are causing you to over-eat or under-eat. So, if my advice is not sufficient, by all means, seek professional advice.

Ditch artificial sweeteners:

Artificial sweeteners kind of “sugar-coat” the situation. I will post this article Click here and feel free to read the studies indicating why artificial sweeteners are not any better to you than regular sugar. I will say that these “low-sugar, sugar-free” alternatives have many effects on hormonal imbalances which contribute to weight gain. Again, check the link to read more in-depth on this concern.

Clean house:

By this, I’m referring to the “snacky” foods. IT is EXTREMELY easy to over-eat on snack foods. They are highly palatable. Palatable is defined as a food or drink that is pleasant to taste. Trust, why do you think they say “Once you pop, you can’t stop.” There is truth to it. It has all the salt that you could ever desire. However, there could be other things that could satisfy this need that your body is craving. I’ve made it a rule of thumb, “don’t buy it, won’t eat it.” So, I only buy and indulge in my snacky foods on my cheat day. Other than that, I don’t keep them in my house.

The top nutrients that are causing your salt and sugar cravings are as follow:

This one is by far one of my favorite tips. This tip is basically --- if you have a goal, make a plan. Have a plan? ACTION. ACTION. ACTION. If you have a definitive plan and goal that you want to achieve. I have given you the keys that are necessary to help you get started on your new journey. Don’t let food control your life and definitely don’t be afraid to eat either. Just be wise with the food options you choose. Don’t let food make you a victim to your body. You have all the necessary tools to overcome this addiction and take control of your life and body.

Young American males are losing touch with a critical element of true masculinity. If you’re the average Millennial male, your dad is stronger than you are. In fact, you may not be stronger than the average Millennial female. You’re exactly the kind of person who in generations past had your milk money confiscated every day — who got swirlied in the middle-school bathroom. The very idea of manual labor is alien to you, and even if you were asked to help, say, build a back porch, the task would exhaust you to the point of uselessness. Welcome to the new, post-masculine reality. This morning, the Washington Post highlighted a study showing that the grip strength of a sample of college men had declined significantly between 1985 and 2016.

Indeed, the grip strength of the sample of college men had declined so much — from 117 pounds of force to 98 — that it now matched that of older Millennial women. In other words, the average college male had no more hand strength than a 30-year-old mom. Yes, I know it’s only one study. Yes, I know that grip strength is but one measure of overall physical fitness. But as the Post noted, these findings are consistent with other studies showing kids are less fit today. (For example, it takes children 90 seconds longer to run a mile than it did 30 years ago.) Simply put, we’re getting soft — and no cohort is getting softer faster than college men. I look back to my own childhood. In 1985, I was 16 years old, and I was a nerd’s nerd. I toted graph paper and 20-sided dice to school to play Dungeons & Dragons at lunch. (I like to think I was the finest dungeon master Scott County, Ky., had ever seen.) When I wasn’t playing D&D, my nose was buried in Lord of the Rings, or the Shannara books by Terry Brooks, or the Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey. I played sports, sure, but let’s just say that my varsity tennis exploits didn’t make the cheerleaders’ hearts flutter.

But none of my nerdiness relieved me of the responsibility of learning how to be a man — a protector, builder, and fixer. So that meant spending my Saturdays hauling out the ramps to change the oil and oil filters on all our cars. That meant helping my dad build a new back porch or constantly wrestling with immense piles of firewood. (We heated our house with a wood stove.) I made extra money working in neighborhood yards. Being a guy meant doing manual labor. That was just part of growing up — no matter your social class. In the age of instant oil change (why entrust your car’s health to your 16-year-old?), ubiquitous lawn services, and on-demand handymen, privileged kids simply don’t have the same, naturally occurring opportunities to learn to work with their hands and to develop physical strength. In the age of zero-tolerance school-disciplinary policies — where any kind of physical confrontation is treated like a human-rights violation — they have less opportunity to develop toughness. Today’s young males don’t have common touchstones for what it’s like to grow up to be a man. POLL: Is Physical Strength an Important Aspect of Masculinity? That’s not to say that they don’t still carve out their own, distinctively male spaces — boys and girls are different, after all. But spend time with teen boys today and you’ll find that their common experience revolves more around Call of Duty than around work or even sports. As kids get older (and even during their teenage years), the male gaming experience is supplemented with copious amounts of porn.

Raising a boy to be a young man used to be a natural act. Common experiences and rites-of-passage meant that my D&D friends could pop the hood of a car and get to work right alongside the future mechanics of my high-school class. We weren’t as good or as knowledgeable, but we held our own. And there were no social-justice warriors shrieking that there was no such thing as distinctively male or masculine pursuits. Now, for parents of the privileged, raising a boy to be a young man has to be an intentional act. You have to ignore the voices who are telling you to indulge your child’s inclinations — no matter what they are — and train them to be not just morally courageous but also physically strong. They can have their Xbox or their PC (my son brags about his kill/death ratio on Battlefield, and we belong to the same World of Warcraft guild), but they can also hit the weight room. They can also not just learn to shoot but also how to assemble and disassemble their weapon. Even if you’re rich, you can make your kid do the hard work that keeps any household together.

Though this sounds simplistic, never ever underestimate the positive effect that raw physical strength can have on a young man’s development. I’ve seen the impact that weight training has had on my son, and I wish I’d been as diligent when I was his age. I’ve experienced the impact — even as an older adult — of the physical transformation of Army training. Our culture strips its young men of their created purpose and then wonders why they struggle. It wonders why men — who are built to be distinctive from women — flail in modern schools and workplaces designed from the ground-up for the feminine experience. Men were meant to be strong. Yet we excuse and enable their weakness. It’s but one marker of cultural decay, to be sure, but it’s a telling marker indeed. There is no virtue in physical decline.

Source: http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...ity-threatened
]]>IronMag LabsPrincehttp://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/162040-Men-Are-Getting-Weaker-Because-We-re-Not-Raising-MenBiggest Steroid Dealer in the World Murderedhttp://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/162039-Biggest-Steroid-Dealer-in-the-World-Murdered?goto=newpost
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:43:44 GMT*Biggest Steroid Dealer in the World Murdered*
Last night, around 1AM, South Africa time, Brian Wainstein was murdered in his bed next to his wife...Biggest Steroid Dealer in the World Murdered

Last night, around 1AM, South Africa time, Brian Wainstein was murdered in his bed next to his wife and child. It’s suspected (and I suspect) that his murder was a hit by someone he knew and had shady dealings with, as only three cellphones were stolen.

Here’s my reasoning: If you have three cellphones, you’re doing something shady.

Stealing the cellphones (likely burners) would prevent the police from getting a list of his contacts, one of whom is almost certainly responsible for his murder.

It’s a moot point now, but he had eluded law enforcement authorities for years while he openly ran Axio Labs, GENXXL, and a bunch of other steroid firms.

Eventually he was caught and charged, not only in South Africa but in the United States. In the media he was known as The Steroid King.

I suspect he was going to flee South Africa before he could be extradited, as he was caught this past winter (their summer, my winter) with a stash of uncut diamonds — the original cryptocurrency:

Logically, we might assume he planned to go back to Israel, where he had previously lived and held citizenship, a country with notoriously difficult extradition laws.

A few years ago he had threatened me for writing something about him (I don’t remember what it was), and had some of his remailers enlisted to “find me.” In this respect he joined a moderately sized and not-very-exclusive club of disgruntled readers who’ve threatened me. I can’t say I cried when he finally got caught, but neither do I find any joy in his death.

I’ll close by saying I doubt that his murder was directly tied to steroids, and find it far more likely (let’s call it an educated guess) that he was involved in other stuff.

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